Broom-holder.



H. SHOWALTER.

BROOM HOLDER.

APPLICAHON FILED OCT. 30. I918.

Patented Apr. 8,1919.

INVENTOR Hell/y J/zowaifen Q ATTORNEYS HENRY sn'owamnn, or HURLEY, OKLAHOMA.

BROOM-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 8, 1919.

Application fi led October 30, 1918. Serial No. 260,344.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY SHOWALTER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Hurley, in the county of Cimarron and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Broom- Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in broom holders, and the invention has 'for its object to provide a device of the character specified by means of which one may assemble ones own broom, needing only the straw and the improved holder.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the holder with the parts separated;

Fig. 2 is a front view of the completed broom;'

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through the clamp;

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the clamp, with parts in section;

Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical section through the holding ring.

In the present embodiment of the invention, a suitable handle 1 is provided, of wood or like material, and a retaining ring of substantially rectangular outline is provided for connecting the tufts of corn, indicated at 3, to the handle. This ring is a sectional ring, consisting of similar sections 2, each having at each end an outwardly extending flange 3 which is adapted to lap upon the corresponding flange of the other section, and the lapping flanges have registering openings for receiving a holding pin 4.

Each ring section 2 is provided with an inwardly extending lip 8 at its under edge, and these lips bite into the broom corn below the lower end of the handle, to firmly hold it in place on the handle- The handle has a transverse opening at the lei e1 of the ring, and each ring section 2 has an opening adapted to register with that of the handle.

These openings are engaged by a bolt 9, which is secured in place by a-nut 10, the bolt and nut clamping the ring sections and the handle together and securing the ring sections upon the broom corn. A hood or a cover 11 is provided for covering the clamp and that portion of the broom corn above the ring 2, the said cover or top being a casing shaped to fit the said top and having a bearing which is slidable upon the handle.

plates 5, and these plates are connected by" bolts 6. Referring to Fig. 3, it will be noticed that each bolt has a polygonal portion adjacent to the head, and that plate 5 adjacent to the heads of the bolts are similarly shaped openings for receiving said polyg onal portions. The nuts 7 will clamp the plates 5 upon the broom corn to hold it while sewing and trimming.

In use, that section of the ring which fits at its ends within the other section is placed on one section of. the clamp, that is, on that section of the clamp which has no central opening. The screw bolt 15 which clamps the ring sections together after the broom is completed extends upwardly through the opening in'the said section, as shown in Fig. 3. A layer of broom corn is now placed in the lower ring section and the handle is put in place, with the bolt 15 passing through the opening in the handle. More broom corn is now placed on both sides of the handle and over the handle and then the upper ring sections is slipped into place, a sleeve 13 being first placed over that portion of the bolt 15 which extends above the handle.

The top plate of the clamp which, it will be noticed, has-a large central opening, is now placed, engaging at its ends the bolt 6 and receiving at its center the sleeve 13, the opening in the plate at its center being of suflicient size to permit the passage of the sleeve. The nuts 7 are now turned into place, after which the sleeve 13 is removed and the nut 16 is turned into place, it being noted that the central opening in the plate 5 is of sufficient size to permit the turning of the nut. Before turning down the nuts on the bolts at the ends of the clamp, the proper amount of broom corn is placed. The clamp is now tightened down upon the rings, after which the broom may be sewed and trimmed.

' I claim:

1. A device of the character specified, comprising a handle, a sectional clamping ring for embracing a shaped bundle of broom corn, each section of the ring having angular ends and the said ends being adapted to lapat the side edges of the shaped bundle, said ends having registering openings, and

ings, the handle having an opening, and the sections having openings registering therewith, a screw bolt passing through the open ings, and a hood shaped to fit the inner end of the shaped bundle and to fit over the clamping ring to cover and conceal the same and to prevent disengagement of the pins.

2. device of the character specified, comprising a handle, a sectional clamping ring for embracing a shaped bundle of broom corn, each section of the ring having angular ends and the said ends being adapted to lap at the side edges of the shaped bundle, said ends having registering openings, a detachable connection between the handle and the clamping ring, and securing pins loosely engaging the openings,

the shaped bundle and to fit over theclamping ring to cover and conceal the same, and to prevent disengagement of the pins.

HENRY SHOWALTER. Witnesses:

JENNIE DOYLE, I LEE DOYLE.

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